Best Helmet for Ventilation

sapper

This is my current helmet and I am beginning to get tired of how sweaty my head is every morning when I arrive into work after my 9 mile cycle.

Anyone know of any better helmets ventilation-wise? They do seem to tout this one has having good ventilation, but maybe theres something more hi-tech about these days...?

fish-head

Those Catlike Whisper helmets are practically all holes so I guess they'd be pretty good for ventilation. Plus I think they look kinda cool with the world champ colours..

Not cheap though.

rp

sapper wrote: »

This is my current helmet and I am beginning to get tired of how sweaty my head is every morning when I arrive into work after my 9 mile cycle.

Anyone know of any better helmets ventilation-wise? They do seem to tout this one has having good ventilation, but maybe theres something more hi-tech about these days...?

This will be more comfortable, whilst delivering about the same level of protection.

Hungrycol

Normally the better the ventilation the more expensive they are. Less helmet bigger price! In this weather I'm more interested in keeping my head warm!

mkdon05

I was nearly considering a balaclava yesterday morning!!:D

rubadub

mkdon05 wrote: »

I was nearly considering a balaclava yesterday morning!!:D

I use one, its a thin ones, and ones made from wicking coolmax material.

get them on chainreactioncycles

Ghost Rider

Do they affect your hearing?

rubadub wrote: »

I use one, its a thin ones, and ones made from wicking coolmax material.

get them on chainreactioncycles

Raam

Ghost Rider wrote: »

Do they affect your hearing?

I have one from CRC, but not worn it yet. I also have a headband which does dampen the hearing a bit, but certainly to a lesser degree than, say, a car stereo or ear phones at "normal" volume. I wouldn't have any hesitation in wearing one when it's cold.

The_B_Man

i got the shain bk-100 for ~€40. havent got much use out of it so far but it seems to do the job more than adequate!

rubadub

Ghost Rider wrote: »

Do they affect your hearing?

Never noticed it enough to even think about it. It could possibly improve hearing, the wind can get caught up in your ear structure & whistle, like if you wear earphones -this might possibly smoothen the wind past you. Will check on the way home.

The one I have is the thickness of t-shirt material, you can also fold it up twice and wear it like a beanie, the material will wick like a headband. I used to find my face cold and head sweating with thick beanies.

It is not an "IRA" balaclava by any means, more like a ski mask, the entire face can poke out, or you can lift it up over your nose, it goes right down over your neck too, so acts like a scarf too, really stretchy.

Ghost Rider

Sounds pretty good actually. What "model" is it?

rubadub wrote: »

It is not an "IRA" balaclava by any means, more like a ski mask, the entire face can poke out, or you can lift it up over your nose, it goes right down over your neck too, so acts like a scarf too, really stretchy.

Bicyclegadabout

Do you wear a helmet? If you do does it not make your head even sweatier?

I was actually going to get a balaclava from CRC, then I thought people would start calling me a “bike ninja”, then I thought being a bike ninja would be pretty cool, then I thought no, it wouldn’t be cool at all.

It hasn’t been cold enough yet, but I think I’ll wear a scarf over my face when I need to. That’ll cover my whole neck and the top of my chest as well.

Ghost Rider

Commuting, I wear a skater-style helmet as well as a neck gaiter which can stretch over my mouth or even nose. I generally find the two together are enough to keep me warm in Winter over a 15-minute commute.

Taking my road bike out, though, is a different story - chiefly because I'm out for much longer. I reckon I'll be needing some kind of balaclava or at least a cap that fits under the helmet. Not sure what to get, though...

On a tangential note: one of the more entertaining pieces of graffiti on permanent exhibition on Dublin's northside consists of the words "IRA NINJA" scrawled in huge lettering on a wall near North Frederick Street...

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

Do you wear a helmet? If you do does it not make your head even sweatier?

I was actually going to get a balaclava from CRC, then I thought people would start calling me a “bike ninja”, then I thought being a bike ninja would be pretty cool, then I thought no, it wouldn’t be cool at all.

It hasn’t been cold enough yet, but I think I’ll wear a scarf over my face when I need to. That’ll cover my whole neck and the top of my chest as well.

rubadub

Ghost Rider wrote: »

Sounds pretty good actually. What "model" is it?

Not on sale anymore. It was this

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=9324

this looks similar enough
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=11918
eyes are closer but it will probably stretch to expose all the face

here is another more its shape it says "winter", I didnt want one to be particularly warm though this says snug for helmet use so maybe the "winter" is the longer neck
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=14870

Extra fancy, looked too warm for me
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=14866

I dont wear a helmet. When I start out it is full face covered- eyes exposed. Then you can just pull it down while cycling to expose the face, then when full warm it pulls right down so is like a scarf, very versatile.

Raam

Someone should get this...
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=11916

It looks like a gimp mask.

Bicyclegadabout

Tiocfidh ár rothar.

Irish Rothar Army

rp

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

Tiocfidh ár rothar.
Irish Rothar Army

:cool: Tiocfidh ár lána , is more like it...

Ghost Rider

Or, in my case, "Tiocfaidh úrlár".

rp wrote: »

:cool: Tiocfidh ár lána , is more like it...

Bicyclegadabout

rp wrote: »

:cool: Tiocfidh ár lána , is more like it...

And with that, I found a quote worthy for use as my signature.

Bicyclegadabout

Test

Ghost Rider

Dude, it's "tiocfaidh". How can our lane ever come if we can't spell?

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

Test

Bicyclegadabout

Ghost Rider wrote: »

Dude, it's "tiocfaidh". How can our lane ever come if we can't spell?

No way dude, the first vowel in the verb is a short vowel, therefore in aimsir laithreach it should have a short vowel at the end.

I think.

Bicyclegadabout

OK, I asked the internet.

I'm wrong.

btw:
If you type "Tiocfidh ar la" into Google, you'll get this clown:
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4104081450

Ghost Rider

That guy's a hell of an ad for unionism.

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

OK, I asked the internet.

I'm wrong.

btw:
If you type "Tiocfidh ar la" into Google, you'll get this clown:
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4104081450